Abstract

This article is based on a report from the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) on the establishment of a World Seismic Safety Initiative as part of the International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction set up by the United Nations. After describing the organisation of the WSSI, the report goes on to outline some of the projects currently under way and describes two in greater detail. These are the Workshops held earlier this year in Bangkok and Okinawa. Future plans are also outlined.

Highlights

  • The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) was originally conceived in San Francisco in 1984

  • International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) is very visible through the World Conferences on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE)

  • World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI) was established by IAEE not as another paper organization

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SUMMARY

This article is based on a report from the International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) 1 on the establishment of a World Seismic Safety Initiative as part of the International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction set up by the United Nations. After describing the organisation of the WSSI, the report goes on to outline some of the projects currently under way and describes two in greater detail. These are the Workshops held earlier this year in Bangkok and Okinawa.

BACKGROUND
Ban2kok Workshop
Okinawa Workshop
CONCLUDING REMARKS
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